ruthenian
ruthenian adjective: containing ruthenium.
Adjective (1)
ruthenian (comparative more ruthenian, superlative most ruthenian)
- Containing ruthenium
Noun capitalized: Ruthenian
Ruthenian (plural Ruthenians)
- A native or inhabitant of Ruthenia; a Ukrainian, a Belarusian, usually in a historical context.
Proper noun capitalized: Ruthenian
Ruthenian
- Any of various languages historically spoken in Ruthenia; also known as Old Ukrainian, Old Belarusian and Rusian, any Old East Slavic descendant, which is different from Russian, Great Russian or "East Russian"
- Synonym of Pannonian Rusyn
- Synonyms:
- Pannonian Rusyn
Adjective (2) capitalized: Ruthenian
Ruthenian (comparative more Ruthenian, superlative most Ruthenian)
- Of or related to Ruthenia.
- Of or related to Pannonian Rusyn.
- Synonyms:
- Ruthene, Ruthenic, Old Ukrainian, Old Belarusian
Synonyms of ruthenian
Forms of ruthenian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ruthenian |
| superlative | most ruthenian |
| comparative | more Ruthenian |
| superlative | most Ruthenian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Ruthenians |
Origin of ruthenian
From ruthenium + -ian.
From Ruthenia + -an.
Phrases with ruthenian
Words that rhyme with ruthenian
- Fenian
- Cyrenian
- Tyrrhenian
- Armenian
- Athenian
- Slovenian
- Adiabenian
- Austenian
- Beethovenian
- Commagenian
- Emesenian
- Ibsenian
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Questions about ruthenian
- What does ruthenian mean?
- Ruthenian means containing ruthenium.
- What part of speech is ruthenian?
- Ruthenian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near ruthenian in the dictionary
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